Meet Alexa

Harpist, Alexa Reimer, “...brings a renewed energy that will enliven people to reconnect with their beautiful, untameable selves and fascinatingly complex lives” (thereviewweekly.com). Whether it be featuring Canadian World Premiers, performing the classics of Tchaikovsky at the ballet, calming others with therapeutic harp, or jamming to Juno-Nominated jazz albums, “Reimer’s playing is diverse and intriguing” (Loose Lips Magazine).

Reimer has performed in venues ranging from the expansive Chan Centre, to intimate 50 seat audiences at Vancouver's Cultch Theatre. She has been the principal harpist of the Vancouver Pop Symphony Orchestra, the North Shore Light Opera Society Orchestra, the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra, and the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Wind Symphony, performing a wide variety of music from Operas, Ballets, and Symphonies to Movie Soundtracks.

Captivated by the peace of the harp, Reimer’s music takes her beyond the concert stage, to hospitals, hospices, and respite homes where she plays therapeutic harp for children with complex health-care needs and for people in palliative care. She also plays at weddings and events, whether it be in the serenity of a garden, or in the bustle of a city rooftop.

Reimer is a certified Orff Music Educator and teaches classroom music to young children, engaging students to explore music in a way that requires unique, creative, and individual thought. She also runs a private music studio teaching harp to students of all ages.

Recent projects include a collaboration with award winning storyteller Celeste Snowber and two-time Juno-nominated bassist Jodi Proznick in the world premier of Perfect Imperfections: How to live a Messy Life, where the “powerhouse female troupe” (bcliving.com) combines original and improvised music with dance, comedy, and spoken word.

Reimer was featured playing the first movement of Handel's Harp Concerto in B-flat with the Kwantlen Polytechnic Wind Symphony. She also performed a solo concert to wrap up her completion of a Bachelor of Music degree from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. In May 2019, she performed another solo concert for the Vancouver Women’s Musical Society, where she won 3rd place in their Scholarship Competition for Orchestral Instruments in spring 2018. Reimer’s concert included a collaboration with guitarist Robert Crews, and featured diverse genres ranging from classical, to Latin, with composers such as Claude Debussy, and Benjamin Northgraves, with the world premier of his piece Dare to Dream.